The story of the prodigal son is a story about inheritance.

Something had been passed from father to child.

The son wanted.

He wasted.

He lived wild.

He became starving.

He became hungry.

And here’s the uncomfortable part:

We can be sitting in church three times a week and still be wanting things God doesn’t want for us.

We can be wasting our marriage and relationships.

We can say we’re followers of Christ while living wild.

We can look fine on the outside while starving on the inside.

The issue isn’t whether God has provided an inheritance.

The issue is whether we are receiving what He has already provided.

Salvation—sozo—speaks of being saved, healing, deliverance, freedom, fullness.

There is more available in Christ than simply surviving.